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Edyth Mcmurtry 1897 - 1982

Edyth Mcmurtry of De Kalb, Bowie County, Texas was born on January 21, 1897, and died at age 85 years old in September 1982.
Edyth Mcmurtry
De Kalb, Bowie County, Texas 75559
January 21, 1897
September 1982
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    1897

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    January 21, 1897
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  • 09/dd
    1982

    Death

    September 1982
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    Edyth Mcmurtry lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1897, in the year that Edyth Mcmurtry was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1917, at the age of 20 years old, Edyth was alive when in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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